Whiffletbee-hook



s. .PERK WH FF INS.

BTRBB HOOK.

Patented Nov, 29, 1859.

\ UNITED STATES PATENT on Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,291,dated November To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, S. M. PERKINS, of Albany, in the county ofWhitesides and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in VVhifiietree-Hooks; and I do hereby declare that thefolowing is a. full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawing, forming part of this specification, inthe several figures of which similar characters of reference denote thesame part.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a whifiletree hook embracingmy improvements connected to the whiflietree and the trace attached.Fig. 2- represents a sectional elevation of the Whiflietree and hook,showing the spring Within the hook. Fig. 3 represents a modification inthe arrangement of the position of the revolving iprilpg button forretaining the trace on the The object of my improvements in whifiietreehooks is to give greater security in the attachment of the trace to thewhiffletree; and my invention for efiecting this object consists incombining with the studwhich enters the end of the whifiietree a springbutton so arranged that when turned in one position the eye of the traceis passed over it on the outside to the stud and held by the springingback of the button so as not to be unhooked when the trace is extendedin drawing the carriage or slackened in going down hill; and myinvention further consists in combining with a turning spring button astationary button so arranged as to prevent the eye of the trace, in allpositions from being unhooked without turning the revolving button.

My invention also consists in arranging the stops and spring of theturning button, so as to retain the button in such a position as not tobe turned by the trace when hooked to the whiffietree, and also toretain it in a position at right angles to the stationary button; and myinvention also consists in constructing the turning button with a hookedend in order to catch the eye of the trace and hold it while beingpassed from the outside over the end of the button.

In the accompanying drawing is represented my improved whifiietree hookwhich button. I I

spring button (Bylan d on the button and coiled aifoundfthe shank is aspiral spring ((3) onef bfj h I therotherllllw hew i I l I I I sotached. to the shank gand Extending from the inner oftlie I ton is aprojecting pini(a), and on the shank are two stops (6 and h) which regulate the range of motion ofthe button inI either direction. In thepresent instance these stops allow the button to be turned about aquarter of a circleffrom a horizontal to a vertical position, and thespring iswsoh 3 arranged as to carry. the bIlttOIl'fIOm a ver- I I Itical position forwardto a horizontal. To the outer end of the shank..whichtpasses through the buttonyis attached: a stationary z stop (D)arranged at rightanglessto the.

turning button, when against the Iforward stop, and extends suflicientdistance beyond, its sides to prevent the eye of; the trace being drawnover the endlof the button. 1.

The rear end .(E) of the button 1 made in the form ofahook in order tocatch I the rear end of tlieeye of the trace, and hold it while it ispassedover the end ofthebut I ton. In hooking the traceytothe.w-hiffletree the button (-B) when arranged as described, 1 1

is turned to a position nearly verticallto corks respond or be in linewith the stopg(D)..*

8 5 1 The eye of the trace isfcaught and; heldby I. [I I the button hook(E) and then passed over f the outer stop and button On being reg I.

leased the button springs back to nearly a g I the outer stop, andthetraceisheld b the. If 1 button and stop from being drawn o thehorizontal position. and at rightfangles Ijtoj whifiletree hook.

It will be seen fromjthe a r ng httolf I 1 the spring (C) and thedirectionin which it draws the button and alsothepositioniofk the stop(1)) and the projecting pin,(d) I which bears on the stop when thebutton is in a state of rest,that the button cannot be a tion it wouldassume in drawing the. car- II 3 riage so as to allow the trace to. bediscony- I 1 turned by the eye of the traoe in any posii nected from thewhiflietree hook. I

I do not confinemyselflto theyprecise are. I rangement, former positionof the spring 1 button in relation to the whiffietree \as it w 1 may bearranged and U constructed inthe manner represented inFig. 3,. in whichthe outer sto is removed and the button heldin 1 5 I a vertica positionwhen atrest,and turned;

in a horizontal position to pass the eye of the trace over and connector disconnect it with the Whifiletree.

Having thus described my improvement in Whiffletree ho0ks,what I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. The combinationofthe stud With a revolving spring button arranged substantially asdescribed for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination With arevolving spring button I claim a stationarystop (D) so arranged as to prevent the eye of the trace in all positionsfrom passing over the button.

3. I claim the combination of the spiral spring, the projecting stud andthe inner stop arranged substantially as described, for the purpose setforth.

4. And I also claim constructing the button With a hooked endsubstantially as described for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name before tWosubscribing Witnesses. Y

S. M. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

D. S. EFNER, D. L OSTRANDER.

